When I woke up I went to the kitchen for breakfast, only to find Lorina cooking it. This was a surprise to me, because I have never in my life seen my sister cooking. She was even wearing an apron. An apron! This was even more of a surprise because Lorina always liked to make fun of the maid for wearing one.
"Good morning Alice," Lorina said in a sweet voice when she saw me. This was shocking to. Lorina doesn't normally notice my existence in the morning. And Lorina isn't normally this cheery in the morning.
"Well don't just stand there with your mouth open, Alice," Lorina said as she stirred something in a bowl. "Come and take a seat."
"What time is it?" I asked as I took a seat at the table. It had to be the afternoon for Lorina to be acting this awake.
"It is about eight thirty, you sleepy head." It can't be eight thirty; Lorina doesn't even start acting like a normal person until about eleven or noon.
"Eight thirty?"
"Yes. Oh, Alice isn't it a lovely beautiful morning?" Lorina asked spinning around.
"It's raining." What is wrong with my sister?
"Oh, isn't the rain just splendid! Everything is just so beautiful this morning!" Maybe Lorina had drunken one of those funny beverages daddy keeps in the cellar.
"Uh, Lorina what are you even cooking?"
"I'm making you oatmeal." Since when did Lorina know how to make oatmeal?
"Oatmeal?" I asked in amazement.
"Yes, silly. Oh when you're done I can braid your hair." Why is Lorina being so nice?
"Braid my hair?" Lorina has never volunteered to braid my hair before. She only braids it when Mother tells her too, because we are going to a nice place or a neighbor's house or something.
"You can't go around with bed head hair, Alice." Does my hair really look that bad in the morning?
"Alice can't what?" the maid asked when she walked into the kitchen.
"Go around with bed head hair," Lorina answered still using a cheery voice. This was surprising too, since Lorina hates the maid.
"Of course she can't. And what are you making?" the maid asked.
"Oh, I'm making, Alice oatmeal for breakfast. Would you like me to make you a bowl, as well?" What is wrong with my sister? Just last night she had me put leeches in the maid's socks, now she is offering to make the maid oatmeal!
"I would love a bowl. Oh, and Lorina could you put blueberries in mine?"
"Oh, blueberries! That would make the oatmeal so much prettier! Alice, would you like blueberries in your oatmeal too?"
"Sure, I guess."
"Here you go," said Lorina as she set down my bowl of oatmeal on the table. That is if you can call it oatmeal. It didn't exactly look edible, which wasn't to surprising since Lorina has never cooked before.
"Thank you." I'm not so sure that I want to eat this.
"Oh, Ms. Nigbits, isn't today just beautiful?" Lorina asked as I wondered who Ms. Nigbits was.
"It's really raining outside today," answered the maid. Apparently the maid is Ms. Nigbits. I never knew that.
"Oh, isn't the rain just lovely, Ms. Nigbits?" Lorina asked as she began making the maid her oatmeal.
"Lorina, may I ask why you are in such a good mood this morning?"
"Why wouldn't I be in a good mode?" Maybe because you are a complete zombie in the morning and aren't normally this nice.
"Well, it's just that you aren't acting like yourself."
"I plan to share the big news when Mother and Father are here."
"Big news?" I asked before I could stop myself.
"Never mind, I can't wait! I just got engaged!"
A/N
So, does anybody have a name for Lorina's fiancé? I don't know what to call him yet.
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B/N His name should be Pablo ... am I right ... Anybody ... No? Oh. *sighs*